Perspectives from those who live it every day.
In this Kimmel in DC podcast, Dr Ashwani Rajput talks with Dr Ben Levy from Sibley Memorial Hospital about the results of the Checkmate-816 clinical trial, which is leading to major changes in the way patients with non-small cell lung cancer are being treated. Click here to learn more about the Checkmate-816 trial.
In the latest Cancer Matters podcast, Dr Bill Nelson speaks with Dr Patrick Forde about the results of a clinical trial that show pairing immunotherapy treatments with chemotherapy greatly increases survival in patients with lung cancer. Learn more about the Checkmate-816 Trial here. Read more about the impact of the study here.
Dr Panagis Galiatsatos, Director of the Johns Hopkins Tobacco Treatment Clinic, speaks with Larry Young from News Radio 1010 WOLB about the importance of lung cancer screening and smoking cessation for lung cancer awareness month. Listen to the interview here. Click here for more information about the Johns Hopkins Tobacco Treatment and Cancer Screening […]
Dr Ashwani Rajput, the Director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in the National Capital Region, begins his podcast series speaking with Dr Ben Levy from Sibley Memorial Hospital about the treatment of lung cancer and the cancer services available through the Kimmel Cancer Center in the Greater Washington DC Area.
Each year, the American Cancer Society publishes data that gives a review of cancer statistics with foundational data that tells us about new cases in the U.S. and details on incidence and survival statistics state by state, overall and by cancer type. The latest report, which made headlines for a historic drop in cancer deaths, […]
Cancer death rates in the U.S. took the “biggest single-year drop ever,” according to a new report by the American Cancer Society. Improvements in the screening and treatment of lung cancer, the 2nd most common cancer and leading cancer killer, are a main contributor to this positive trend. Julie Brahmer, M.D., Director of the Kimmel […]
